Miah Chalfant, also known as Heóvá’é’e (Yellow Hair Woman), is a storyteller. Through her hide paintings, ledger art, and canvases, she tells the stories that have been told to her. She is also a student, a daughter, and the Kirby cowgirl. Her home is the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, 444,000 acres of shale cliffs, wild horses, and the best chokecherries in Montana. Her roots are strongest at home, but she likes to stray down south where she is pursuing a bachelors of fine arts at the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico. As she grows as an artist and a person, she says she want to be known by her people as The One Who Makes Marks, The One Who Paints the Hides.
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Stories Retold in Water and Tallow
I want to honor our shared stories by continuing to push the boundaries of traditional materials and contemporary ideas. I want to uplift the generations surrounding me to live in their medicine, to live out their dreams, and to live how our ancestors dreamed for us.
December 13, 2024
